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Finally got out from the holding pen after about 35 minutes wait. On the street next to the Spireite pub was a large contingent of spireites baying for blood (the best part of an hour after full time). Police were in place holding them back, thankfully. Ugly looking lot.

Absolute disgrace with no communication! It was apparently due to the knobhead young lads that were being boisterous. A bit like Notts. a few weeks ago. Said I`d never go there again and I feel the same about Chesterfield.

We sat in our seats in the east stand till it was empty but the stewards asked us to leave . I commented how polite they were and they wished us a safe journey. Their were seven of us and little did we know what then awaited us. Crammed into a holding area were we could hardly breath and I wondered how less fit people than us felt, it was awful. I,m in my late fifties and after about 20 minutes was glad to escape through the gaps between buses. It was a nervy walk into town with the odd idiots in side streets looking for trouble. Credit to the police for being in sight outside the local pubs.

PRL13 wrote:Absolute disgrace with no communication! It was apparently due to the knobhead young lads that were being boisterous. A bit like Notts. a few weeks ago. Said I`d never go there again and I feel the same about Chesterfield.

We came out and walked along Sheffield Rd past the yokels frothing at the mouth. Our fans were mocking them and they got a bit emo and started lobbing pint glasses at us. Then it nearly went off at the next pub, the Donkey Derby, but fair play to the police for keeping the fans apart. Didn't see any actual fighting all day.

I was directed to the Victoria pub in town before the game which was apparently our pub. I was a bit annoyed that we were prevented from leaving kept waiting and then bussed to the ground at 2.30. I also recognise the comments relating to the end of game experience.

However on reflection you would have to say the game was well policed with potential for trouble minimised. I walked back to the station and tbh never felt threatened with two groups of scummers being controlled by police.

As stated there was also a police presence outside each pub along the route. I would think the police were very happy with their efforts.

I think by and large they did well. The only thing they did wrong IMO was kettling the fans outside the ground for 20 minutes too long.When you coral people like that the mood can turn ugly very quickly (which is why they do it when they want an excuse to bust heads). Imagine being penned like that if we'd lost?A better option would have been a tannoy announcement telling everyone to stay put for 10-15 minutes with the stadium gates shut. Folk can have a pint & a pee while they wait & the police can send half of the guys they had containing us to disperse the home hooligan element (such as it was).

Still much better than last time re crowd trouble & nothing that can't be improved when we play AFC Chesterfield in 2030/31

PRL13 wrote:Absolute disgrace with no communication! It was apparently due to the knobhead young lads that were being boisterous. A bit like Notts. a few weeks ago. Said I`d never go there again and I feel the same about Chesterfield.